Bargain Bites 2013

October 24, 2013

Our best bets for dining on the cheap in the Bay Area, broken down into categories from bar food to ramen to taquerias and beyond.

Stephanie Wright Hession/Special to The Chronicle

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Golden Boy Pizza: With its corrugated metal walls and ceiling, the interior feels like the inside of a trash barrel. There's some seating indoors, but most people get the square deep-dish slices to go, placed on red-and-white checked paper. The pepperoni ($3.25) is good and greasy to soak up that late-night alcohol. But the best is the vegetarian ($3.75), with slices of zucchini, black olives, tomatoes, onions, pesto, loads of cheese and a pleasantly bread-like crust with crisped edges.

Golden Boy Pizza: With its corrugated metal walls and ceiling, the interior feels like the inside of a trash barrel. There's some seating indoors, but most people get the square deep-dish slices to go, placed on red-and-white checked paper. The pepperoni ($3.25) is good and greasy to soak up that late-night alcohol. But the best is the vegetarian ($3.75), with slices of zucchini, black olives, tomatoes, onions, pesto, loads of cheese and a pleasantly bread-like crust with crisped edges.